OK, let's have some positive vibes up in here. Did you know that this saturday is Operation Restore Maximum Freedom V?! And did you know that hometown heroes the Bananas are schedule to appear at 2:15 pm? But wait, there's more. A bunch of other bands that I've never heard of, some of them even from foreign countries? Act now and you can buy an advance ticket at Armadillo Records in Davis or K records (now on Broadway) for only five measly bucks!
The Bananas would like to send out a call to some responsible so and so who might be interested in driving their BAC-above-the-legal-limit asses back from Woodland to Sac. Any takers? They have a van. You must have a valid drivers license and submit to a background check to apply. Maybe they will get you in free or something? Or buy you a burger? I'm serious, though, does anyone wanna?
Thursday, May 31, 2007
exploding head bloggery
Hmmm...so I toned down this post so I wouldn't catch a bunch of shit for it. I won't go into specifics of why the skyscraper page is making my head feel like it's going to explode. However, I have a question about a statement on there:
I was listening to the K Street meeting today, and there was a speaker that really caught my attention.His name was Jim Brennan, he the one that is renovating the Atkins Building at 10th and K in the office condos and ground floor restaurant. He said he has also acquired the Kress Building, 920, 924, 930 K Street (which are the 3 buildings on south-west most corner of 10th and K) and the most intriguing, The Crest Theater.He said they are going to reposition The Crest into a performing art center.He's a Juilliard School Grad that has done projects in the Gaslamp, SOMA and was the main driver behind getting Louise Davies for seed money for the Louise Davies Symphony Hall in SF, along with work on the Opera House and Ballet Building in SF.Seeing The Crest as a performing arts center would be a pretty darn cool thing. One down side though would be I'm not sure they would still show films
This can't be true about the Crest, right? Anyone? Charles?
I was listening to the K Street meeting today, and there was a speaker that really caught my attention.His name was Jim Brennan, he the one that is renovating the Atkins Building at 10th and K in the office condos and ground floor restaurant. He said he has also acquired the Kress Building, 920, 924, 930 K Street (which are the 3 buildings on south-west most corner of 10th and K) and the most intriguing, The Crest Theater.He said they are going to reposition The Crest into a performing art center.He's a Juilliard School Grad that has done projects in the Gaslamp, SOMA and was the main driver behind getting Louise Davies for seed money for the Louise Davies Symphony Hall in SF, along with work on the Opera House and Ballet Building in SF.Seeing The Crest as a performing arts center would be a pretty darn cool thing. One down side though would be I'm not sure they would still show films
This can't be true about the Crest, right? Anyone? Charles?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
I got pizzacated at Luigis
I had only been to Luigis once, a long time ago, so after we finished the pizza puzzle, it was time for a well-deserved reward for all our hard work. Luigis totally rules. It was hopping, with pizzas lined up two deep in the oven and a constant flow of customers. We were lucky enought to catch the last few minutes of that Pistons/Cavs game while we sipped our frosty mugs of Bud Light and waited for our pizza. The crust at Luigis is my favorite in town. It's thin and crackery, like I like, with charred spots on the bottom. The veggie toppings were standard, but I've heard that they have housemade sausage (not sure if this is true) and that the meat is supposed to be top-notch, so I'll have to try that next time. Check the slogan on the box about your "home t.v.". They also had a Luigis menu from the 50s that contains the verb "pizzicated"crappy video
Here goes with the first crappy video I've shot with my camera. I was psyched that this band was playing "you can call me Al". That's me laughing-with happiness, not derision, I'd like to add.
Jazz Jubilee!
Jazz Jubilee photos-click for more detail
great Garfield banner-Garfield has strangely elongated limbs and musical notes emanating from his pits
Old timey space trooper
old timey dudes filming stuff
awesome snoopy banner drawn by a JFK high student
Mark S. Allen, obvs
and his butt
this lady personifies jazz, although she looks a bit new rave from the waste up
this kid getting his face painted is so cute
great Garfield banner-Garfield has strangely elongated limbs and musical notes emanating from his pits
Old timey space trooper
old timey dudes filming stuff
awesome snoopy banner drawn by a JFK high student
Mark S. Allen, obvs
and his butt
this lady personifies jazz, although she looks a bit new rave from the waste up
this kid getting his face painted is so cuteTuesday, May 29, 2007
barf
Man, looking at that sac skyscraper forum is really making me sick to my stomach. Those people are just not like me at all. I know, it's cuz I'm a lib loser. They're stoked on crap like Azucar and Stonegrill and stuff (and of course skyscrapers). Like one guy's tagline is "sactown's hitting puberty". yuck. One of the posts led me to this, the proposed spaceage remodel of the Firestone building. That's nice how they have picture their previous J street mini-strip mall monstrosity on the bottom so you can see the great work they're capable of. If you squint that logo looks like a CPK logo, but I'm not sure if that's wishful thinking or confirmed.
Just look at that post at the top to get the gist of the tone.
I started looking at this originally to see what they were saying about Saca failing to buy out calpers.
Just look at that post at the top to get the gist of the tone.
I started looking at this originally to see what they were saying about Saca failing to buy out calpers.
Ha! I finally found that picture that advertises the L st. lofts where they have managed to almost photoshop that sketchy house next to Aioli out of existence.
complaint department
A wee little rant here. I noticed a couple of mediocre yelps of Cafe Bernardo (the 28th and Cap one) and I thought the criticisms were valid and I feel a little dumb I just gave it a glowing paragraph in my June article. I had a TERRIBLE experience there on monday. It confirmed my perception that it's pretty stupid to go out to breakfast on any weekend, especially a holiday, unless you're going to Dragonfly which is invariably almost empty. Bernardo could have minimized the horror somewhat by a) not blasting rage rock in the monkey bar, where our party was forced to sit-as smiller pointed out, absolutely no one was enjoying the rage rock, there were even some elderly people sitting in the bar who had to suffer through it. and b) the wait for breakfast food was over 30 minutes minimum (there was a sign on the door informing you of that-obviously we should have walked away when we saw it), but apparently the wait for lunch food was minimal, so I felt like they could have told you that. I got a sandwich and was served within 5 minutes and my party proceeded to wait between 30 and 40 minutes for their breakfast food.
Boring, I know. However, I am a super regular customer of Bernardo and continue to champion their sandwiches and most of their salads. Here are a couple of tips they could do well to heed:
1) watch out with those prices! it's not like I expect you to lower them, but I paid over 8 dollars for a turkey sandwich with a side of nothing. that's a little crazy for sac.
2) please please add a tomato or a carrot or something to your side green salad. it is just an insult to charge for something that is a pile of bagged mesclun with a little vinaigrette on it. and no, i don't count charging me extra for nuts and cheese. how about some VEGETABLES in the salad? in general, you need some better sides because some of your sandwiches are not a full meal. if you are going to have mashed potatoes as a side, could you please not put so much butter in it it's oozing off the plate, like your lackluster side salad, this just shows laziness. your fries are delicious, however, but i go to bernardo for healthy food, not fries.
are you asleep yet, if not read mike dunne's review of mcormick and schmick.
or laugh at these yelp assertions:
1) Once upon a time, before the Washington Square yuppie homes went up, your Carnitas tacos were pretty decent. Now they are a flour tortilla soggy mess.
that's called a spurious correlation
2)This morning, my daughter and husband were munching on the leftovers, but I just couldn't touch it. The Carnitas were not crispy,
Since when do leftovers EVER stay crispy?
Boring, I know. However, I am a super regular customer of Bernardo and continue to champion their sandwiches and most of their salads. Here are a couple of tips they could do well to heed:
1) watch out with those prices! it's not like I expect you to lower them, but I paid over 8 dollars for a turkey sandwich with a side of nothing. that's a little crazy for sac.
2) please please add a tomato or a carrot or something to your side green salad. it is just an insult to charge for something that is a pile of bagged mesclun with a little vinaigrette on it. and no, i don't count charging me extra for nuts and cheese. how about some VEGETABLES in the salad? in general, you need some better sides because some of your sandwiches are not a full meal. if you are going to have mashed potatoes as a side, could you please not put so much butter in it it's oozing off the plate, like your lackluster side salad, this just shows laziness. your fries are delicious, however, but i go to bernardo for healthy food, not fries.
are you asleep yet, if not read mike dunne's review of mcormick and schmick.
or laugh at these yelp assertions:
1) Once upon a time, before the Washington Square yuppie homes went up, your Carnitas tacos were pretty decent. Now they are a flour tortilla soggy mess.
that's called a spurious correlation
2)This morning, my daughter and husband were munching on the leftovers, but I just couldn't touch it. The Carnitas were not crispy,
Since when do leftovers EVER stay crispy?
discriminating tastes
I am mad that I forgot my camera and therefore can't post my jazz festival photos. I am currently trying to look through all 888 listings for springbok puzzles on ebay, so I am obviously working too hard to post. If you know puzzles you know springbok makes the best. I won't even really look at non-springboks at a thrift store. This brings to mind the obvious question, are there any nudy puzzles out there? there must be and I will find them.
Friday, May 25, 2007
friday post!
In honor of Kiedis' impending fatherhood (which I am pretty stoked about), I completed a little project I have been wanting to do for a while in which I compile a list of all the place references in the lyrics of Stadium Arcadium. If you listen to the Chili Peppers you will know that this is always the well that Kiedis will dip his wick in when he is stuck for a lyric. Here goes:
Disc one: Jupiter
Dani California-
California of course
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Indiana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Snow (hey oh)-this is my favorite because it is the only goddamned one with an even semi-catchy hook
None? Amazing
Charlie-
None
Stadium arcadium-
St. Petersburg
Hump de bump-
Love street
She’s only 18 (gross name)-
None but he does have the phrase “the smell of springsteen”
Slow cheetah-
None
Torture me-
Brazil
Strip my mind-
Hades
Carolina?
El Dorado
Especially in Michigan
Michigan, natch
Lithuania
Warlocks (best song title)-
The Vatican
Santa Monica
Japan
China
C’mon girl-
None
Wet Sand-
None, but he does mention “balarama girl” as if balarama is a place
Hey (not to be confused with hey oh)-
None
Here we go with disc two, mars
Desecration smile-
Malibu
Tell Me Baby-
“they come from every state”
Kansas City
This song also contains the best lyric “three fingers in the honeycomb”
Hard to Concentrate-
“the world”
An estuary is a kind of place
21st Century-
Venus
She Looks to Me-
South Seas
Readymade-
Arizona (rhymed with moaner)
State of California
City of Sedona
*Mentions black and decker WITHOUT rhyming it with pecker wrecker
If-
5th Avenue
Make You Feel Better-
None
Animal Bar-
None (but does mention Norman Mailer)
So Much I-
None
Storm in a Teacup-
Heaven
Someplace called a “lasarium”
*also notable because he calls some girl a “sour Kraut”
We Believe-
None
Turn It Again-
Kazakstan
Cuba
Aruba
Dominican
Death of a Martian-
Mars, obvs
And the last mention is…..of course….. Vegas!
Hmm.not quite as many as it seems when you're listening to the album, but still a lot.
Disc one: Jupiter
Dani California-
California of course
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Indiana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Snow (hey oh)-this is my favorite because it is the only goddamned one with an even semi-catchy hook
None? Amazing
Charlie-
None
Stadium arcadium-
St. Petersburg
Hump de bump-
Love street
She’s only 18 (gross name)-
None but he does have the phrase “the smell of springsteen”
Slow cheetah-
None
Torture me-
Brazil
Strip my mind-
Hades
Carolina?
El Dorado
Especially in Michigan
Michigan, natch
Lithuania
Warlocks (best song title)-
The Vatican
Santa Monica
Japan
China
C’mon girl-
None
Wet Sand-
None, but he does mention “balarama girl” as if balarama is a place
Hey (not to be confused with hey oh)-
None
Here we go with disc two, mars
Desecration smile-
Malibu
Tell Me Baby-
“they come from every state”
Kansas City
This song also contains the best lyric “three fingers in the honeycomb”
Hard to Concentrate-
“the world”
An estuary is a kind of place
21st Century-
Venus
She Looks to Me-
South Seas
Readymade-
Arizona (rhymed with moaner)
State of California
City of Sedona
*Mentions black and decker WITHOUT rhyming it with pecker wrecker
If-
5th Avenue
Make You Feel Better-
None
Animal Bar-
None (but does mention Norman Mailer)
So Much I-
None
Storm in a Teacup-
Heaven
Someplace called a “lasarium”
*also notable because he calls some girl a “sour Kraut”
We Believe-
None
Turn It Again-
Kazakstan
Cuba
Aruba
Dominican
Death of a Martian-
Mars, obvs
And the last mention is…..of course….. Vegas!
Hmm.not quite as many as it seems when you're listening to the album, but still a lot.
kel's new album
and let the discussion about whether he's joking begin...or I can just tell you right now that he's joking. but no one will believe me.
whales vs. jazz
What will happen when the whales meet the drunken revelers on the river this weekend? Do whales like to party? I like this comment on the story:
How to help the whales?
Has anyone thought of using dolphins to show the whales the way home? Since we can communicate with dolphins and the dolphins can communicate with whales, they seem to be the perfect translators. Just a thought... here from Park City, UTAH
The only small flaw that I see in this plan is that we actually can't communicate with dolphins, but besides that it's brilliant. Has anyone thought of using the sounds of Dixieland Jazz to drive the whales back into the sea?
Ella, don't look at this.
Another BJ for the Quarry Pond shopping center.
The Coconut Coolouts were good. I am wearing the dinosaur shirt that you see on their myspace right now. I think that the success of bands like this and Tyvek signals a return to fun bands! Just in time for the summer. It was a bummer that the ten o'clock show at Fool's really started much closer to eleven.
How to help the whales?
Has anyone thought of using dolphins to show the whales the way home? Since we can communicate with dolphins and the dolphins can communicate with whales, they seem to be the perfect translators. Just a thought... here from Park City, UTAH
The only small flaw that I see in this plan is that we actually can't communicate with dolphins, but besides that it's brilliant. Has anyone thought of using the sounds of Dixieland Jazz to drive the whales back into the sea?
Ella, don't look at this.
Another BJ for the Quarry Pond shopping center.
The Coconut Coolouts were good. I am wearing the dinosaur shirt that you see on their myspace right now. I think that the success of bands like this and Tyvek signals a return to fun bands! Just in time for the summer. It was a bummer that the ten o'clock show at Fool's really started much closer to eleven.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
up on my jock
Wow, the SNR is all up on my jock today. Sweet, that's how I like it. The predicted review of Pizza Antica has rolled in.
But I don't want to talk about that, I'd like to talk about the secret Compton's Market. I wish I would have taken a picture of the goddamned sign like I meant to yesterday, it's rad. I'll take a picture next time. It's so secret it seems to have no web presence whatsoever, not even a yellow pages listing. This market is pretty ok. Good produce, good food mags, nice cheese section, terrible and expensive beer selection however. Have you been? The nice thing is that it is in the general area of the Alhambra Safeway but with a pleasant bike ride there rather than an excruciating one. Man, the Sacramento Archives has a computer with pictures of the interior of the Alhambra (taken by Pat Melarkey) which I had never seen before. It made me sadder than ever that it got torn down. If I had a time machine, after I went back in time to kill Hitler, I would maybe try to stop the demolishing of the Alhambra.
But I don't want to talk about that, I'd like to talk about the secret Compton's Market. I wish I would have taken a picture of the goddamned sign like I meant to yesterday, it's rad. I'll take a picture next time. It's so secret it seems to have no web presence whatsoever, not even a yellow pages listing. This market is pretty ok. Good produce, good food mags, nice cheese section, terrible and expensive beer selection however. Have you been? The nice thing is that it is in the general area of the Alhambra Safeway but with a pleasant bike ride there rather than an excruciating one. Man, the Sacramento Archives has a computer with pictures of the interior of the Alhambra (taken by Pat Melarkey) which I had never seen before. It made me sadder than ever that it got torn down. If I had a time machine, after I went back in time to kill Hitler, I would maybe try to stop the demolishing of the Alhambra.
be there AND be square
The whale situation is getting pretty sad, so I can't think of a new shirt, although I was thinking of something along the lines of Sac: so nice the whales came thrice!
Hey, there is a show tonight, did you know? It's for Joel's birthday! Four Eyes, Coconut Coolouts and Makes Nice.
It's a little early to mention this show, but Dan Deacon is coming to Fool's on June 21st. This guy is hyped to the extreme and I can't figure out why from listening to his CD, so I'm interested to see this show. I think this show will only go off well if there is a pretty big crowd, so we'll see.
Hey, there is a show tonight, did you know? It's for Joel's birthday! Four Eyes, Coconut Coolouts and Makes Nice.
It's a little early to mention this show, but Dan Deacon is coming to Fool's on June 21st. This guy is hyped to the extreme and I can't figure out why from listening to his CD, so I'm interested to see this show. I think this show will only go off well if there is a pretty big crowd, so we'll see.
This picture is a visual aid to let you see that smiller and I triumphed over this ape that was trying to make a monkey out of us.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
where are they now?
No time to post today, I don't even know what the whales have been up to in the last 12 hours! No post tomorrow either, I won't be in.
Monday, May 21, 2007
sac bee rants and raves
All right, this is the last straw. The Bee needs to end their comments feature now. It has degenerated into just one step above craigslist rants and raves. This is making them look ridiculous. I would also like to point out once again that they censored my comment that linked to my bestselling shirt. Which you can now find by searching "whale fever" on cafepress.com
lorelei and rory?
Go to that link below and check all the new comments on the whale names. HC will be glad to see that Lorelai and Rory has gotten two votes. Delta and Dawn seems to have won out for their names on the local news, which is think is at least better than Rio and Vista. Looks like they were swimming towards the ocean but then they missed Sac.
What a weekend! Gballs party kicked off the summer in the best way possible. Knock Knock channeled the power of the airbrushed white visor and delivered a searing set, and the unnamed band made an auspicious debut. It sounds like both shows in Davis were amazing. The Lavender Diamond show at the Independent was good, but that space was about twice as large as they needed, which really sucked the energy out of the room.
And then yesterday, I read Ethan Frome (wouldn't it be rad if that was a link to the Ethan Frome myspace?) and everyone else went to the Pipas show, which sounded really good also.
By the way, I had another excellent meal at Pho Bac Hoa Viet on Broadway last night, I just feel the need to mention that to counteract all the badmouthing it gets. We got chicken bun and rare steak pho and they were both excellent and served quickly.
What a weekend! Gballs party kicked off the summer in the best way possible. Knock Knock channeled the power of the airbrushed white visor and delivered a searing set, and the unnamed band made an auspicious debut. It sounds like both shows in Davis were amazing. The Lavender Diamond show at the Independent was good, but that space was about twice as large as they needed, which really sucked the energy out of the room.
And then yesterday, I read Ethan Frome (wouldn't it be rad if that was a link to the Ethan Frome myspace?) and everyone else went to the Pipas show, which sounded really good also.
By the way, I had another excellent meal at Pho Bac Hoa Viet on Broadway last night, I just feel the need to mention that to counteract all the badmouthing it gets. We got chicken bun and rare steak pho and they were both excellent and served quickly.
Friday, May 18, 2007
ruffled fins
I had to erase that photo for my own peace of mind.
Ha! Some fins are getting ruffled after LH closed the polls for the whale names.
AP does something completely out of character and reviews a ribs place! Oh no wait, I meant he does something completely predictable and reviews a ribs place on Howe Avenue.
Looks like the Bee took down those cocaine-related comments on this article. Is the Bee getting pranked? Here's another comical story involving firefighter Christian Pebbles. Holy shit, that frightening, frightening image was the number one hit when I did a google image search for Christian Pebbles.
Someone just yelped Gunthers and called it "ghetto". And then mentioned it doesn't take American Express. Is that what makes it ghetto? Someon else yelped about how scary Henry's is. Frightened, frightened yelpers.
AP does something completely out of character and reviews a ribs place! Oh no wait, I meant he does something completely predictable and reviews a ribs place on Howe Avenue.
Looks like the Bee took down those cocaine-related comments on this article. Is the Bee getting pranked? Here's another comical story involving firefighter Christian Pebbles. Holy shit, that frightening, frightening image was the number one hit when I did a google image search for Christian Pebbles.
Someone just yelped Gunthers and called it "ghetto". And then mentioned it doesn't take American Express. Is that what makes it ghetto? Someon else yelped about how scary Henry's is. Frightened, frightened yelpers.
birthdays
Happy Birthday to GW and Gbomb!!!!!!!!!!!
Gbomb would like you all to know that the musical entertainment is going to start at 9pm sharp!! If you show up at party time you will miss the bands. There is also unfortunately a coinciding Four Eyes and Pizzas show at the Distillery. Summer in Sac: off the chain.
The Sierra 2 Flea Market is on saturday!
Sunday morning is the KDVS record swap. And then in the afternoon the Pipas show. Listen to Pipas here.
Our Liberian correspondent noted that ChkChkChk were on NPR.
I totally forgot about all the shows on saturday in Davis. Tyvek and Cheveau at the DAM house. San Kazakgaskar and Neung Phak at DOV AND the Alkali Flats at Sophias, the worst restaurant that has ever existed. Ever.
I
Gbomb would like you all to know that the musical entertainment is going to start at 9pm sharp!! If you show up at party time you will miss the bands. There is also unfortunately a coinciding Four Eyes and Pizzas show at the Distillery. Summer in Sac: off the chain.
The Sierra 2 Flea Market is on saturday!
Sunday morning is the KDVS record swap. And then in the afternoon the Pipas show. Listen to Pipas here.
Our Liberian correspondent noted that ChkChkChk were on NPR.
I totally forgot about all the shows on saturday in Davis. Tyvek and Cheveau at the DAM house. San Kazakgaskar and Neung Phak at DOV AND the Alkali Flats at Sophias, the worst restaurant that has ever existed. Ever.
I
Thursday, May 17, 2007
the internet is really entertaining me today
another funny story and more good comments. Not to mention that the firefighter's name is Christian Pebbles.
Man, the Bee is on fire today! Check out that awesome beaver art at the bottom.
Man, the Bee is on fire today! Check out that awesome beaver art at the bottom.
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